Application Security News and Articles
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: drug cartel hires hacker to identify FBI informants, prison time for Russian ransomware developer, ransomware negotiator investigated.
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Real-time data governance provides security and privacy teams with immediate visibility into what is happening, allowing them to stop a problem before it becomes a crisis.
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Empowering employees with critical thinking and transparency to combat synthetic media impersonations and fortify organizational defenses.
The post The Role Culture and Trust Play in Countering Deepfakes appeared first on Security Boulevard.
NTLM relay attacks are the easiest way for an attacker to compromise domain-joined hosts. While many security practitioners think NTLM relay is a solved problem, it is not – and, in fact, it may be getting worse. Anecdotally, they are used in ...
In this Help Net Security video, Ozan Ucar, CEO of Keepnet Labs, highlights a critical cybersecurity blind spot: the vulnerability of new hires during onboarding. He explains how attackers now use AI-powered, multi-channel phishing tactics to ...
While Africa hosts some of the fastest-growing digital economies globally, it also faces persistent challenges in cybersecurity preparedness. Many organizations and individuals remain unaware of the risks they face online. Phishing schemes and ...
75% of organizations have building management systems (BMS) affected by known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs), according to Claroty.
The post Exposed and unaware? Smart buildings need smarter risk controls appeared first on Help Net Security.
To ensure resilience across the internet stack, organizations need to protect and manage four key areas: reachability, availability, reliability, and performance, according to Catchpoint. The negative economic impact of incidents 51% report ...
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from DigitalOcean, Scamnetic, StealthCores, and Tracer AI. Scamnetic KnowScam 2.0 helps consumers detect every type of scam KnowScam 2.0 now comes with major ...
The notorious Hunters International RaaS group that racked up hundreds of victims over two years says it's shutting down and offering decryption software to victims, but security pros say this happens regularly in the cybercriminal world and that ...
Age verification is becoming more common across websites and online services. But many current methods require users to share personal data, like a full ID or birthdate, which raises privacy and security concerns. In response, Google has ...
Popular AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) often fail to provide accurate information on any topic, but researchers expect threat actors to ramp up their efforts to get them to spew out information that may benefit them, such as ...
A Barracuda Networks analysis of unsolicited and malicious emails sent between February 2022 to April 2025 indicates 14% of the business email compromise (BEC) attacks identified were similarly created using a large language model (LLM).
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A vulnerability in the Catwatchful spyware allowed a security researcher to retrieve the usernames and passwords of over 62,000 accounts.
The post Undetectable Android Spyware Backfires, Leaks 62,000 User Logins appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hardcoded SSH credentials in Cisco Unified CM and Unified CM SME could allow attackers to execute commands as root.
The post Cisco Warns of Hardcoded Credentials in Enterprise Software appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cisco has found a backdoor account in yet another of its software solutions: CVE-2025-20309, stemming from default credentials for the root account, could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to log into a vulnerable Cisco Unified ...
SentinelOne says the fake Zoom update scam delivers ‘NimDoor’, a rare Nim-compiled backdoor.
The post North Korean Hackers Use Fake Zoom Updates to Install macOS Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek.
By breaking down internal silos, leveraging advanced technology and embracing industrywide cooperation, organizations can shift from reactive to proactive fraud prevention to protect revenue and reputation while supporting sustainable business ...
There is no question that vulnerability scanning and patch management remain necessary, but they are clearly no longer sufficient
The post We Are Losing the Scan/Patch Battle appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Understanding the difference between Shadow IT and BYOC, although subtle, requires different policies, procedures and technology to resolve.
The post The Differences and Similarities Between Shadow IT and BYOC appeared first on Security Boulevard.
